Tech student-athletes get high marks in GPA

Published: Thursday, June 08, 2000

Texas Tech athletes posted a 2.89 grade-point average during the spring semester, giving the Red Raiders their highest cumulative total since records have been kept, according to an announcement by the Tech athletic department.

Tech, which has 365 varsity athletes, was led by three teams with 3.0 GPAs or higher, with women's golf leading the way at 3.19. Men's tennis compiled a 3.15, while soccer came in at 3.00. Six other Tech teams had a cumulative 2.95 GPA or higher.

Forty-seven percent of all Tech student-athletes (171) were named to the latest Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.